2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Geography for an Associate
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Geography for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 8,526 people earned their degree in geography and cartography, making the major the 110th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, geography and cartography graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $38,604 and had an average of $22,522 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,380 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,869 and $24,715 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 10 geography and cartography graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,164 and $17,633 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great geography and cartography programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the geography and cartography program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Geography for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Geography for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Geography & Cartography Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Geography for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Harrisburg Area Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Harrisburg Area Community College is a fairly large school located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania that handed out 2 associates’s geography degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at HACC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Geography & Cartography Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Harrisburg Area Community College supports 15,376 students, and 624 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 367 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,537. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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Notes and References
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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